Karel Čapek's seminal 1919 play R.U.R. coined the term "robot" and was set 50 years in the future, making it 1969. Chase Masterson of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine stars in R.U.R.: Genesis, set in a flirty 1960s retrofuture where artificials conspire against humans. »4/29/14 12:30pm 4/29/14 12:30pm

Sometimes it seems like science fiction, and especially fantasy, are genres that lend themselves exclusively to trilogies and long-running series. But some of the greatest writers in speculative fiction have only written standalone novels, not series or trilogies. »1/30/12 2:46pm 1/30/12 2:46pm

There's only one thing we know for sure about the future: It'll be weird, and you can't really prepare for it. Just imagine trying to tell someone in 2000 how to prepare for life in 2011. But luckily, there's one surefire way to brace yourself for another round of future shock: by reading a slew of great satires,… »12/13/11 10:48am 12/13/11 10:48am

Too long has our monster-obsessed world lazily depended on vampires and werewolves to fill their creature quota. NO MORE! New concept art for the Czech monster movie War With The Newts, based on the novel Valka S Mloky by Karel Capek, will usher in the year of the fish monster. Behold the glorious beauty! »2/01/11 12:03pm 2/01/11 12:03pm

Today is the 70th anniversary of science fiction on television. On Feb. 11, 1938, the BBC broadcast its adaptation of a section of the Karel Capek play R.U.R., about androids that rise up against their human creators. Capek's play is the origin of the word "robot," which comes from the Slovak work "robota," meaning… »2/11/08 1:00pm 2/11/08 1:00pm